Localization of deformations within the amygdala in individuals with psychopathy

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 66, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 986-994

  Yang, Yaling ^a   Raine, Adrian ^c   Narr, Katherine L ^a   Colletti, Patrick ^b   Toga, Arthur W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; BRAIN MALFORMATION; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HARE PSYCHOPATHY CHECKLIST; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PSYCHOPATHY; SCORING SYSTEM; TEMPORARY EMPLOYMENT; UNITED STATES; VOLUMETRY;

ADULT; AMYGDALA; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; ATROPHY; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES;

EID: 69949158814     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: 15383636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archgenpsychiatry.2009.110     Document Type: Article

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